kustard Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Bit of a rant really, and a little warning to others out there. I recently got some new plates made up for my car from Demon Plates (demonplates.com) - I was keen to get perfectly legal ones, as I hate 'artistic liscense' with spacing etc. I even checked they were approved suppliers - which they are: 4. Are you registered with the DVLA to make number plates? Yes we are and have been since the Register Of Number Pate Suppliers (RNPS) was set up on the 1st Jan 2003. Our registration number is : 1338. Now, on their site they advertise the 'Rolls Royce' of plates which make the letters slightly raised and give them a nice subtle carbon fiber effect - which I decided to go for. The explicitly state these are legal. (see image) So anyway, I take the car in for it's MOT today - and later, get a phone call saying it's failed. Guess why - yep, the plates are illegal and I need to pay 30 quid for some normal plates and have the other ones taken off in order for it to pass. Now obviously I was pretty pi**ed, having already forked out 50+ quid for these 'Roll Royce' of plates. I've rung demon plates and have been given the e-mail of the owner to complain. I plan on getting in touch, but I'm not really sure what good it will do - I have to pay for these new plates as my MOT runs out tomorrow and I doubt they'll refund me on the CF ones. I guess at least he may put some kind of warning on the site stating they're not legal and effectively show plates to stop others being duped too. I'd never have bought them if I'd known that. Anyway, rant over - thanks for listening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drob Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 its annoying when that happens, it prob failed for the fact the letters are 3d rather than just bein flat etc just do what most of us do put the legal ones on for the mot then change it back to the better lookin ones when its passed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Do you not have the plates you took off? Ive got about 8 number plates for my car which are all kept in the glove box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kustard Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 I got a new reg too, so my old (legal) plates are for the old reg which (I fully imagine) I can't use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokomo Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Do you not have the plates you took off? Ive got about 8 number plates for my car which are all kept in the glove box all the same reg ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srobrien Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Damn i just got the CF one from demon plates for my new rear bumper, it said nothing about it being illegal! Lucky im pretty friendly with my local mot tester R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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